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IMAX has become somewhat of a household name of late, thanks to the virality of 70mm presentations like The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three. But you may have noticed that the company has expanded its footprint beyond giant cinema screens with a designation for at home-viewing, as well. On Disney+, for instance, a growing number…

Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch to squash an annoying audio bug in Windows 11.

Boox has unveiled three new E Ink devices that all run Android 16 and come pre-installed with the Google Play Store, including the latest version of its popular Palma palm-sized ereader. The Boox Palma 3 has an anodized aluminum frame, unlike previous models that have plastic casing. Similar to the Boox Palma 2 Pro, it supports…

The delivery platform DoorDash is investing in and partnering with Marc Lore-owned food tech company Wonder in deals worth a total of $425 million, the company announced on Tuesday. DoorDash will acquire Wonder’s Grubhub Campus Dining business (formerly Tapingo) for $300 million and will add $125 million to Wonder’s $650 million Series D round, announced…

Profound, which builds marketing software to help brands appear in AI search results, on Tuesday said it has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.

The company is hoping they would attract new customers amid privacy concerns over current models, The Information says.

OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks.

Google’s latest lineup of AI-centric laptops could start shipping in a few weeks.

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks, as first Lehane is reportedly in Washington to work with U.S. lawmakers addressing catastrophic risks associated with AI

X appears to have been ultimately successful in taking down two services that let people to read the platform’s posts from outside of its own site and app. Nitter is an open-source platform that allowed people to read posts without being logged into X or having an X account. It also powered other services that…